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Titanic timeline

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  • The Building of The Titanic

    The Building of The Titanic
    Harland and Wolff, Shipbuilders, built the Titanic, it took just over three years to build.
    The Steamer Titanic was in the middle of competition among rival shipping lines.The White Star Line was in a battle for best ship with Cunard, a commendable British shipyard with two luxurious ships that stood out among the utmost sophisticated and luxurious of their time. http://www.history.com/topics/titanic <a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/titanic'

  • The Titanic being put in the water

    The Titanic being put in the water
    On May 31, 1911, Titanic’s immense hull–at the time, the largest movable manmade object in the world–made its way down the slipways and into the River Lagan in Belfast. More than 100,000 people attended the launching, which took just over a minute and went off without a hitch. The hull was immediately towed to a mammoth fitting-out dock where thousands of workers would spend most of the next year building the ship’s decks,constructing its lavish interiors, and installing the 29 giant boilers.

  • Departing

    Departing
    It departed for its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912. After stops in Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown, Ireland, the ship set sail for New York with 2,240 passengers and crew.
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  • Disaster onboard

    Disaster onboard
    It took place four days out, at about 11:30 p.m. on April 14. At 11:40 PM, about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada, an iceberg was sighted, and the bridge was notified. First Officer William Murdoch ordered both the ship to the left and the engines reversed. The Titanic began to turn, but it was too close to avoid a collision. The ship's starboard side scraped along the iceberg.
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  • S.O.S

    S.O.S
    Smith ordered Phillips to begin sending distress signals, one of which reached the Carpathia at 12:20 AM on April 15, and the ship immediately headed toward the stricken liner. However, the Carpathia was some 58 miles away when it received the signal."Google." 28 Sep. 2014 http://www.google.com/
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  • The Survivors

    The Survivors
    The Carpathia arrived in the area at 3:30 AM, more than an hour after the Titanic sank. Over the next several hours the Carpathia picked up all survivors. At approximately 8:30 AM the Californian arrived, having heard the news three hours earlier. Shortly before 9:00 AM the Carpathia headed for New York City, where it arrived to massive crowds on April 18. history.com/titanic

  • Resuce Efforts

    Resuce Efforts
    April 17, 1912 The Mackay-Bennett is the first of several ships to travel to the area where the Titanic sank to search for bodies after the carpathia.

  • Discovery of the Titanic

    Discovery of the Titanic
    During seven research and recovery expeditions conducted between 1987 and 2004, RMS Titanic,recovered over 5,500 artifacts. During the summer of 2010, RMS Titanic, Inc. completed Expedition Titanic, its eighth and most ambitious mission to the wreck site of Titanic."Google." 28 Sep. 2014 http://www.google.com/

  • The last Survivor

    The last Survivor
    The last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic died at age 97 in 2009. Millvina Dean was nine weeks old when the liner sank after hitting an iceberg in the early hours of 15 April 1912, on its maiden voyage from Southampton.
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